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Litigation Legal Advisor IFNB South Africa • Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA
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Litigation Legal Advisor I

Litigation Legal Advisor I

FNB South Africa • Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA
15 days ago
Job description

Job Description

To provide sound legal advice to the business on all complex legal matters relating to business products or area or legal discipline, with the intention of enabling strategic outcomes for the business area, to help identify where litigation has the potential to advance and to work with the business on how the case approach and evidence is managed.

To work closely with the Legal Head for Litigation to engage third party lawyers who represent the group and clients in courts, providing support, setting strategy, agreeing arguments and drafting submissions so as to ensure strategic impact, identify and capitalise on opportunities to support with the implementation of judgments at a local and national level.

Responsibilities

  • Defend litigation matters against the Bank
  • Attend to litigation processes including court orders and subpoenas (non-recovery matters)
  • Provide sound legal advice to the business on all complex legal matters
  • Complaints management and risk mitigation
  • Work closely with third party lawyers who represent the group and clients in courts, providing support, setting strategy, agreeing arguments and drafting submissions so as to ensure strategic impact, identifying and capitalising on opportunities to compel implementation of judgments at national, regional and international level
  • Expertly draft legal documentation, pleadings and correspondences and manage disputes
  • Have attention to detail in all matters
  • Keep the Legal Head Litigation business area, Legal Heads and Advisors abreast of developments in a timely fashion, raising opportunities and risks as they occur
  • Identify and mitigate emerging legal risks and ensure training on legal risk management takes place
  • Stay up to date with all developments in the law in relation to areas of legal practice
  • Build sound relationships based on trust and openness
  • Engineer and leverage processes and technologies to meet business needs
  • Produce consistently high-quality outputs within agreed deadlines

Ideal Candidate

  • Have an LLB degree and are admitted attorney/legal practitioner in country of employment with at least 3 years post article experience in a litigation and risk mitigation environment

Access and Benefits

  • Opportunities to network and collaborate
  • Challenging working environments

Additional Qualities

  • Curious and courageous – driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and brave enough to take on new challenges
  • Obsessed with mastery – constantly pushing yourself to be better at what you do
  • Have attention to detail

Important Closing Date Note

Applications will not be accepted on 29/04/26 and onwards. Kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated above.

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. Candidates may disclose disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless required by law to disclose to other parties.

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